Thursday, August 30, 2007

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 30,2007) - Bosnian police and intelligence agencies have launched a massive investigation into export of Bosnian arms to Iraq.The initial inquiry reveals names of Bosnian citizens and foreign nationals suspected of doing mistakes in the course of export of thousands of rifles and hundreds of thousands rounds of ammunition to Iraq in the period 2004-2005.

US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said earlier that number of small arms shipped from Bosnia and Serbia to Iraq went missing.

GAO said there are no serial numbers on the weaponry which was said to be for arming the fledging Iraqi military in 2004-2005. Therefore, it's impossible to confirm whether the final intended recipient of the weapons was the regular army in Iraq or they may have fallen into the hands of somebody else.